Foundation Fix

Before we bought the Wishful Farmhouse, we walked through it a bunch of times. Like a ton. Our decision was not made quickly. The location was perfect, but there were several things about the house that made us worry. One of the biggest “red flags” was the foundation of the house. The house sits on a cinder block foundation that was not in great shape. We were concerned about putting a significant about of money into a house that didn’t have a sound foundation. See picture. Yikes! It looked even worse from the inside of the house.     One option was to have several steel I beams installed which would keep the foundation from getting worse, but doesn’t really fix the problem. Think a bandaid. We decided to dig it up and fix it after talking with the company that installed the septic system.  So they showed up and dug…

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